Project Winter Freshen Up

[MARTIN KELSON]

Had a little tat on the car over the weekend.
One of the only origonal Nova components was the radiator. At 22yrs old it was showing its age, so it was time for a change.

I came accross Mark Beeson's Nova turbo being broken so a deal was done & i was the owner of his ally radiator.



Unsure on make, but its not a Chinese cheapo.
Then the task of fitting the damn think. One thing for sure, next time I take Nova to bits I will definetly be doing a removable slam pannel!



Decided this time to put the fan on the front just to tidy the bay up abit more.





Also sold my Kumho V70 track tyres & purchased some Toyo T1R's
The fit is much better, allot happier now, may even be able to lower it some more now!




Next job is to hopefully get the bits into paint.

Martin

[M Sutton]

Looks great! When are you hopeing to have the car on the road again? In time for PVS?

[kevster]

Wow that sweet

[jaycee]

looking good martin love this car.

[Graeme]

Where was mark's car advertised for spares?

[Benn]

Rad looks better, much betted with the fan on the front too. If you remove/make bolt in able the slam panel support bar, then you fan fit the rad in from the front.

[MARTIN KELSON]

Where was mark's car advertised for spares?

Don't think it has yet,
I saw on Facebook he was breaking & contacted him.
Anything specific your after?

[Graeme]

Cheers Martin just sent him an ad on there to see what's left nothing specific but did always like the front bumper inter cooler combo

[MARTIN KELSON]

Did see the front bumper in his garage but no idea if allocated or not.
Didn't notice the intercooler.
Didn't think you ran a Turbo?

[MARTIN KELSON]

Small update.
My bonnet, tailgate, front bumper, grille & wings were dropped off yesterday with Ade Culley to work his magic with his spray gun.
Hopefully get them back in a week or so then the build up can begin



As iam not planning oh having a side repeater on my new wings ( i know naughty ) i needed to remove the bulb & secure the holder out of the way incase needed again at some time.





The indicators are flashing fine without the bulb in, ive tried. At the moment i have no fronts or sides & the rear one still flashes as it should.
Quick bit of heatshring over the unit & cable tied out of the way.

Next job was radiator fan switch
I was going to run a external temp sensor as per previous posts, but as per Benn why dont i just use Vauxhall switch. No idea why i was trying to complicate matters!
The plug had been removed at some point so a quick trip to scrappy and a Corsa B was the same & stuck in my pocket!



Another job ticked of the to do list!

Next up, rocker cover.
Had a wee accident with this ages ago & a loose fuel fitting squirted fuel over the rocker at the bottom corner & ruined the powdercoat





Off it came & dropped off today to be redone.
Popped into local Vauxhall dealer as i thought i would replace the rocker gasket whilst its off. £40.00 fecking quid for a gasket. I think not.
There about £15.00 online for a Payen one or the old one will be going back on!

Looking forward now to putting it back together & nearly ready for the summer!!